Prerequisites:

It is recommended that you have attended either Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND 1) or Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Accelerated (CCNAX) and/or have either a CCENT or CCNA Routing and Switching certification.

Target Audience:

The target audience for the DESGN course consists of individuals seeking the Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) certification and those individuals targeting the CCDP (Cisco Certified Design Professional) certification. The course is also targeted at pre-sales and post-sales network engineers involved in the Enterprise network design, planning, and implementation. (The post-sales network engineers involved in the implementation will be involved in providing feedback to the pre-sales network engineers and correct possible design flaws).

Course Objectives:

Upon completing this course, you will be able to meet these objectives:

• Describe and apply network design methodologies
• Describe and apply network design concepts of modularity and hierarchy
• Design a resilient and scalable Campus network
• Design resilient and scalable connectivity between parts of your Enterprise network
• Design connectivity to the Internet and internal routing for your network
• Integrate collaboration and wireless infrastructure into your core network
• Create scalable IPv4 and IPv6 addressing
• Describe what are software-defined networks and describe example solutions

Course Outline:

Module 1: Design Methodologies

• Lesson 1: Design Life Cycle
• Lesson 2: Characterizing Existing Network
• Lesson 3: Top-Down Approach
• Lesson 4: Module Summary
• Lesson 5: Module Self-Check

Module 2: Network Design Objectives

• Lesson 1: Building a Modular Network
• Lesson 2: Applying Modularity: Hierarchy in a Network
• Lesson 3: Applying Modularity: Virtualization Overview
• Lesson 4: Module Summary
• Lesson 5: Module Self-Check

Module 3: Campus Network Design

• Lesson 1: Layer 2/Layer 3 Demarcation
• Lesson 2: Layer 2 Design Considerations
• Lesson 3: High Availability Considerations
• Lesson 4: Layer 3 Design Considerations
• Lesson 5: Traffic and Interconnections
• Lesson 6: Module Summary
• Lesson 7: Module Self-Check

Module 4: Enterprise Network Design

• Lesson 1: Designing a Secure Network
• Lesson 2: Edge Connectivity Design
• Lesson 3: WAN Design
• Lesson 4: Branch Design
• Lesson 5: Connecting to the Data Center
• Lesson 6: Module Summary
• Lesson 7: Module Self-Check

Module 5: Design of Internal Routing and Connecting to the Internet

• Lesson 1: Routing Protocol Considerations
• Lesson 2: Expanding EIGRP Design
• Lesson 3: Expanding OSPF Design
• Lesson 4: Introducing IS-IS
• Lesson 5: Expanding IS-IS Design
• Lesson 6: Using BGP to Connect to the Internet
• Lesson 7: Module Summary
• Lesson 8: Module Self-Check

Module 6: Expanding the Existing Network

• Lesson 1: Understanding Quality of Service
• Lesson 2: Supporting Wireless Access
• Lesson 3: Integrating Collaboration
• Lesson 4: Module Summary
• Lesson 5: Module Self-Check

Module 7: IP Addressing Design

• Lesson 1: Concepts of Good IP Addressing
• Lesson 2: Creating an Addressing Plan for IPv4
• Lesson 3: IPv6 Addressing
• Lesson 4: Supporting IP Addressing
• Lesson 5: Module Summary
• Lesson 6: Module Self-Check

Module 8: Introduction to Software Defined Networks

• Lesson 1: SDN Overview
• Lesson 2: Module Self-Check

Labs:
Challenge 1: Ask the Right Questions
Challenge 2: Design Branch’s LAN
Challenge 3: Design Branch’s Connections to the HQ
Challenge 4: Design Branch’s Routing
Challenge 5: Design Support for Wireless and Collaboration
Challenge 6: Design IPv4 Addressing Plan
Challenge 7: Design IPv6 Addressing Plan